Once I pass my Cat C......?

NEW AND WANNABE DRIVERS (INTERACTIVE)
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Hi everyone.

I’m a little confused as to what exactly I need to pass before I can become employable as a driver of rigid LGV’s. Can I be employed purely on the basis that I’ve passed my cat C test, or are there other courses/tests that I must complete before I can be employed in anyway (CPC for example)?

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I should state that I run a Soundsystem rental business and need to be able to drive large vehicles to transport the system. However, as most of this work is during the wekend period, I will be looking for other work as an LGV driver during the week.

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That’s easy to answer. For your work transporting sound systems it’s “borderline” as to whether or not you need a driver cpc. If you are setting up the system and then operating it , then it is reasonable to expect that you don’t need the driver cpc. But if you are simply transporting the system and then collecting it again I would come down on the side of needing the driver cpc.

But I say it’s easy 'cos there is absolutely no doubt that you will need driver cpc for driving work in the week.

If you used to have C1 because you passed your car test prior to Jan 1997 then you are covered until Sept 2014 without doing anything. You must complete 35 hours of driver cpc periodic training by Sept 2014 in any case.

If you passed your car test after Jan 1997 you will need to pass your Module 2 which is a case study test taken at the same type of test centre where you did your original theory tests. Then you will need Module 4 which is a practical demonstration test lasting 30 minutes where you have to demonstrate various things to the examiner. You will need training for this and you will need a suitable vehicle for test. Go to a reputable LGV school and ask for the training and test. Make sure they have a “demonstration trolley”. This bit of kit is used to demonstrate various load restraint systems. Some trainers don’t have it and you are then left in the lap of the gods.

Hope all that helps and is not confusing. Feel free to pm if it’s not clear.

All the best, Pete :laughing: :laughing:

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Thanks very much for the response Peter. That’s cleared up the confusion.